Curbishley gets featured in the odds every time a vacancy appears and rightly so. The oddity is why nobody has appointed him - presumably because he is too selective or because he is asking too high a salary.
Talking of former players named Joe, one name that never gets a mention is Joe Royle. I assume, perhaps wrongly, he is no longer pursuing a managerial career. He has a more than solid 39% average win rate wiith the three clubs he managed - Everton, Manchester Cityand Oldham. Perhaps too out of touch with the Championship and the modern game to do a fire fighting job here but there are plenty of worse options featuring high up in the betting odds. I'd still go for Curbishley though.